Former Poway cornerback Derek Babiash will play his football at San Diego State this year.

Babiash, who left Arizona this spring after one season with the Wildcats, confirmed Wednesday afternoon that he will be joining the Aztecs as a walk-on this season.

The 6-foot-1, 174-pound cornerback played nine games with the Wildcats as a true freshman in 2013, and should have little trouble picking up the basics of SDSU coach Rocky Long's 3-3-5 defense because Arizona defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel runs a similar scheme.

Babiash played football, basketball and ran track at Poway. He was rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com coming out of Poway in 2012, and picked Arizona over offers from a myriad of schools including Washington, Oklahoma, Boston College, Boise State, Oregon State and SDSU.

Babiash is the third former Pac-12 transfer who will be joining the Aztecs in 2014.

Former Oregon quarterback Jake Rodrigues signed with SDSU last week and will join the team this summer. Former USC DT Christian Heyward also signed with the Aztecs in February.

Of the three transfers, only Heyward, is eligible to play right away.

Babiash will be a sophomore in 2014, and would be eligible to play as a redshirt sophomore in 2015.